Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces then chewed--but now is just

then chewed--but now is just a great box for holding tools

painted cutout diamonds and stars nailed to the sides of the structure

who has sold a few decks

I've found a couple of these wonderful old brass stencil wheels over time

with rounded corners on the wooden handle at either end

Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces then chewed--but now is justI had not made the association when I purchased this photo, but many of you responded to it by suggesting it was a post mortem photo, with deceased child at center. An expert who deals in mourning and funerary antiques tells me that posing a deceased child in this manner would be exceedingly rare; rather, children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner. In any case, this child's layers of all white, setting her (I assume) in